Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

{{Use British English|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Ltd. | logo = Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2021 | logo_size = 250px | trade_name = | former_name = {{ubl|Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe {{small|(2007–2019)}}|Cartoon Network Studios Europe {{small|(2017–2021)}}}} | type = Subsidiary | industry = Animation | location = {{ubl|Warner Bros. UK 160 Old Street London, England {{small|(2007–2025)}}|Chiswick Park Building 2 566 Chiswick High Road London, England {{small|(2025–present)}}}}<ref name="filinghistory" /> | predecessor = Hanna-Barbera {{small|(in-name only)}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=y|18 September 2007}} | key_people = {{ubl|Sam Register (co-president)|Vanessa Brookman (co-president)}} | products = {{ubl|Television series|Feature films}} | owner = | parent = {{ubl|The Cartoon Network, Inc. (2007–2022)|Warner Bros. Television Group (2022–present)}} }}

'''Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Ltd.''', formerly '''Great Marlborough Productions''', '''Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe''' and '''Cartoon Network Studios Europe''', is a British animation studio headquartered in London, England. It is owned by Warner Bros. Television Group, a division by Warner Bros. Discovery.<ref name="filinghistory">{{Cite web |title=HANNA-BARBERA STUDIOS EUROPE LIMITED - Filing history (Free information from Companies House) |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08784016/filing-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625190919/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08784016/filing-history |archive-date=25 June 2021 |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> The studio was founded on 18 September 2007 as an EMEA sister studio of Cartoon Network Studios.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=7 April 2021|title=WarnerMedia Reinstates Iconic Hanna-Barbera Brand With London-Based European Studio|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/warnermedia-hanna-barbera-studio-europe-1234945602/|url-status=live|access-date=7 April 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407130157/https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/warnermedia-hanna-barbera-studio-europe-1234945602/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 November 2007|title=INTERVIEW: Alan Fenwick, VP Cartoon Network Europe EMEA|url=https://www.licensing.biz/features/14/INTERVIEW-Alan-Fenwick-VP-Cartoom-Network-Europe-EMEA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727084054/http://www.licensing.biz/features/14/INTERVIEW-Alan-Fenwick-VP-Cartoom-Network-Europe-EMEA|archive-date=27 July 2011|access-date=4 February 2011|website=Licensing.biz|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Powstaje europejski serial Cartoon Network|url=https://media2.pl/media/56661-Powstaje-europejski-serial-Cartoon-Network.html|access-date=7 April 2021|website=Media2.pl|language=pl|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072147/https://media2.pl/media/56661-Powstaje-europejski-serial-Cartoon-Network.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 7 April 2021, WarnerMedia announced it had rebranded the studio to Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe,<ref name=":0" /> in honor of the original Hollywood-based studio and its co-founders William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Natale|first1=Richard|last2=Schneider|first2=Michael|date=18 December 2006|title=Cartoon giant Barbera dies|url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/markets-festivals/cartoon-giant-barbera-dies-1117956009/|access-date=12 May 2018|website=Variety|archive-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512112603/https://variety.com/2006/digital/markets-festivals/cartoon-giant-barbera-dies-1117956009/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hanna-Barbera name had previously been revived on certain Warner Bros. Animation productions based on the classic franchises, including the fifth through thirteenth ''Scooby-Doo'' direct-to-video animated films, ''The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!'' and the 2017 reboot of ''Wacky Races''.

The first projects greenlit under the studio's new name were a film and a new series based on ''The Amazing World of Gumball'', the latter of which ultimately became the seventh season of the original show and was titled ''The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball''.<ref name="GumballMovieConfirmation">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-amazing-world-of-gumball-set-to-return-as-both-a-movie-and-series-208861.html|title='The Amazing World of Gumball' Set To Return As Both A Movie And Series|date=21 September 2021|access-date=22 September 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921174608/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-amazing-world-of-gumball-set-to-return-as-both-a-movie-and-series-208861.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography == === Television series === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" !Title !Creator(s)/ Developer(s) !Premiere !Co-production(s) !Network !Note(s) !Status |- | ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' | Ben Bocquelet | {{start date|2011|5|3|df=yes}} | Studio Soi Boulder Media Limited (season 1) Dandelion Studios (season 1) | rowspan="2" | Cartoon Network (U.S.) | | rowspan="3" | Ended |- | ''Elliott from Earth'' | Guillaume Cassuto Mic Graves Tony Hull | {{start date|2021|3|29|df=yes}} | Miyu Productions Studio Soi | <ref>{{Cite web|url = https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cartoon-network-the-amazing-world-of-gumball-team-comedy-elliot-from-earth-1202863179/|title = Cartoon Network's 'The Amazing World of Gumball' Team Preps Sci-Fi Comedy 'Elliott from Earth'|date = 2 July 2018|access-date = 2 July 2018|archive-date = 2 July 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233437/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cartoon-network-the-amazing-world-of-gumball-team-comedy-elliot-from-earth-1202863179/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/first-look-cartoon-network-emea-original-elliott-from-earth-is-ready-to-rocket/|title = First Look: Cartoon Network EMEA Original 'Elliott from Earth' is Ready to Rocket|date = 10 September 2020|access-date = 11 September 2020|archive-date = 18 September 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200918134037/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/first-look-cartoon-network-emea-original-elliott-from-earth-is-ready-to-rocket/|url-status = live}}</ref> |- | ''The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe'' | Eva Lee Wallberg Christian Bøving-Andersen Daniel Lennard | {{start date|2022|12|5|df=yes}} | Sun Creature Studio | Cartoon Network (U.K.) Cartoon Network (United States) | |- | ''The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball'' | Ben Bocquelet | {{start date|2025|7|28|df=yes}} | Studio Soi Bobbypills | Cartoon Network (International only) Hulu (U.S.) | Revival of ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' | Ongoing |- | ''Foster's Funtime for Imaginary Friends'' | rowspan="2" | Craig McCracken | rowspan="5" | TBA | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" | Cartoon Network (U.S.) | Spin-off of ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''.<ref name="reboots" /><ref> https://x.com/ToonHive/status/1669480303755247618</ref><ref name="FosterAnnecy">{{Cite web |last1=Hopewell|first1=John |last2=Lung|first2=Jamie |date=2024-06-12 |title=New 'Regular Show,' 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' Series Unveiled at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/regular-show-fosters-adventure-time-scooby-doo-1236034978/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612142149/https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/regular-show-fosters-adventure-time-scooby-doo-1236034978/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |Upcoming |- | ''The Powerpuff Girls'' | Second reboot of the original 1998 animated series.<ref name="reboots">{{cite news |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Original creator Craig McCracken is on board to reboot his hit series 'The Powerpuff Girls' and 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' TELEVISIONWORLDWIDE Hanna-Barbera Studios Rebooting Craig McCracken Classics 'The Powerpuff Girls' & 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/hanna-barbera-studios-rebooting-craig-mccracken-classics-the-powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends/ |work=Animation Magazine |date=18 July 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |archive-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718185010/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/hanna-barbera-studios-rebooting-craig-mccracken-classics-the-powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | rowspan="4" | In development |- | ''Barbara!'' | Joris van Hulzen | Based on the children's book by Nadia Shireen.<ref name="FosterAnnecy"/> |- | ''Hit Squad''<ref>{{cite web|title=Hanna-Barbera Developing ‘Hit Squad’ Adult Puppet-Animated Series Inspired by Gerry Anderson|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/hanna-barbera-developing-hit-squad-adult-puppet-animated-series-inspired-by-gerry-anderson/|website=Animation Magazine|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=June 12, 2025}}</ref> | | Warner Bros. Animation Anderson Entertainment Mr Morris Productions | TBA | rowspan="2" | Adult-animated series |- | ''Living the Dream''<ref>{{cite web|title=Netflix Announces New Adult Animated Comedy 'Living the Dream'|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/netflix-announces-new-adult-animated-comedy-living-the-dream/|website=Animation Magazine|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=November 12, 2025}}</ref> | George Gendi | Boulder Media | Netflix |}

=== Shorts series === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" !Title !Creator(s)/ Developer(s) !Year(s) !Co-production(s) !Network !Note(s) |- | ''The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe'' | Eva Lee Wallberg Christian Bøving-Andersen Daniel Lennard | 2017 | Sun Creature Studio Public Service Puljen | Cartoon Network Nordic (Denmark) YouTube (U.K.) | |- | ''Beast Boy: Lone Wolf'' | {{N/A}} | 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=Cartoon Network UK, Boomerang UK, and Cartoonito UK October 2024 Highlights |work=X (formerly Twitter) |url=https://x.com/RegularTweetsUK/status/1837198662516326822 |publisher=RegularCapital/Warner Bros. Discovery UK |access-date=22 September 2024}}</ref> | DC Studios | Cartoon Network (U.K.) | <ref name="GumballAnnecy">{{Cite web |last=Hopewell |first=John |date=2023-06-16 |title='Fionna and Cake,' 'Gumball,' 'Batman: Caped Crusader,' 'War of the Rohirrim' Dazzle at Annecy |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/warner-bros-animation-cartoon-network-studios-1235647101/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617003045/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/warner-bros-animation-cartoon-network-studios-1235647101/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |}

=== Pilots === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; style="font-size:95%; width:100%" table-layout: fixed;" | ! style="width:30%;"| Title ! style="width:5%;"| Year ! style="width:15%;"| Creator(s) ! style="width:50%;"| Notes |- | ''Gumball'' | rowspan="3" | 2008 | Ben Bocquelet | Pilot for ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. |- | ''The Amazing Adventures of Kid Cole & Klay'' | Pete Candeland Stu Connolly | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lookinguptotheground.blogspot.it/2011/11/kid-cole-clay-or-how-i-met-kevin-dart.html |title=Kid Cole & Clay – looking up to the ground – Blogger |date=28 November 2011 |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231074128/http://lookinguptotheground.blogspot.it/2011/11/kid-cole-clay-or-how-i-met-kevin-dart.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Little Rikke'' | Rikke Asbjoern | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://visualphooey.blogspot.it/2009/01/little-rikke.html |title=VISUAL PHOOEY!: LITTLE RIKKE |date=17 January 2009 |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030458/http://visualphooey.blogspot.it/2009/01/little-rikke.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''COSMO'' | rowspan="7" | 2009 | Charlie Bean | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://polyminthe.blogspot.it/2011/05/charlie-beans-cosmo-for-cneurope.html |title=le vide-grenier de Polyminthe: Charlie Bean's COSMO for CNEurope |date=15 May 2011 |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041808/http://polyminthe.blogspot.it/2011/05/charlie-beans-cosmo-for-cneurope.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Elliot's Zoo'' | Dave Needham | rowspan="4" | |- | ''The Furry Pals'' | Rikke Asbjoern |- | ''Hamshanks and the Himalolly Mountain Railway'' | Tom Parkinson |- | ''Mutant Moments'' | Alan Kerswell |- | ''Pinky Malinky'' | Chris Garbutt | Originally rejected by Cartoon Network, the pilot was later greenlit as a series by Nickelodeon,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bryant |first1=Jacob |title=Nickelodeon Orders Animated Series 'Pinky Malinky' for TV, Digital Platforms |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-orders-animated-series-pinky-malinky-for-tv-digital-platforms-1201573870/ |access-date=January 18, 2019 |work=Variety |date=August 19, 2015 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143841/https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-orders-animated-series-pinky-malinky-for-tv-digital-platforms-1201573870/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but instead of being aired on their TV channel, it was released directly on Netflix.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/nickelodeons-pinky-malinky-will-debut-on-netflix |title=Nickelodeon's 'Pinky Malinky' will debut on Netflix - Animation Xpress |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226121039/http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/nickelodeons-pinky-malinky-will-debut-on-netflix |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Verne on Vacation'' | Sylvain Marc | rowspan="2" | |- | ''The ATM'' | 2011 | Rikke Asbjoern |- | ''Wacky Races'' | 2022 | Rich Webber | Based on the original 1968 animated series.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hopewell |first1=John |title='Unicorn,' 'Fionna and Cake,' 'Gumball' Reboots, 'Bye Bye Bunny' Fascinate at Annecy |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cartoon-network-warner-bros-hanna-barbera-1235295468/ |work=Variety |date=15 June 2022 |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615194255/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cartoon-network-warner-bros-hanna-barbera-1235295468/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wackyraces">{{cite tweet|user=RichWebber1|author=Rich Webber|title=Past dev piece for WB animation for Sam Register, Sarah Fell|number=1716077263433703470|date=October 22, 2023|access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> |}

=== Films === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; style="width:100%" table-layout: fixed;" | ! style="width:15%;"| Title ! style="width:10%;"| Year ! style="width:20%;"| Co-production(s) ! style="width:40%;"| Notes |- | ''The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie!'' | TBA | Studio Soi | In development; greenlit.<ref name="GumballMovieConfirmation"/> |- |}

=== Short films === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Title !Year !Co-production(s) !Notes |- | ''Taz'' | TBA | Warner Bros. Animation | In development; greenlit.<ref name="GumballAnnecy"/> |}

== Logos == <gallery> File:Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe logo.png|Former logo as Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe used for the first six seasons of ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' throughout its original run File:Cartoon Network Studios Europe Logo.jpg|Former logo as Cartoon Network Studios Europe until the rebrand in 2021 File:HBStudiosEurope.svg|An earlier version of the Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe logo in 2021 until being updated the same year </gallery>

== See also == {{portal|Animation|Television|England}} * Cartoon Network Studios, the original American equivalent of the studio * Hanna-Barbera * Warner Bros. Animation * Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA * List of animation studios owned by Warner Bros. Discovery * ''Fat Dog Mendoza'' * ''The Cramp Twins'' * ''Robotboy'' * ''Chop Socky Chooks'' * ''Hero: 108''

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717113820/http://www.europe.turnerinfo.com/CNTOO/UK/bios/finnarnesen.jsp Finn Arnesen] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101130031724/http://turnermediainnovations.com/about/press-gallery/turner-broadcasting-commissions-first-series-from-its-european-development-studio Turner Broadcasting commissions first series from its European Development Studio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110122040515/http://www.businessinberkshire.co.uk/designerofficefurniture/extra62.html New and adventurous design] * [http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282602&tpl=archnews&only=1 Boulder Media Enters ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’]

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